Freaking Awesome

[Deepcrush]

Damn right he does!

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

New hero, Deep?

[Deepcrush]

No, but that doesn't change that he's Freaking Awesome.

[Sionnach Glic]

Damn right. Anyone who can kill 500+ soldiers with nothing but iron sights is pretty badass.

[Graham Kennedy]

I've posted this before, but this is what Lachhiman Gurung did in World War II.

On 12/13 May 1945 at Taungdaw, Burma (now Myanmar), Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung was manning the most forward post of his platoon which bore the brunt of an attack by at least 200 of the enemy.

Twice he hurled back grenades which had fallen on his trench, but the third exploded in his right hand, blowing off his fingers, shattering his arm and severely wounding him in the face, body and right leg. His two comrades were also badly wounded but the rifleman, now alone and disregarding his wounds, loaded and fired his rifle with his left hand for four hours, calmly waiting for each attack which he met with fire at point blank range.

Afterwards, when the casualties were counted, it is reported that there were 31 dead Japanese around his position which he had killed, with only one arm.

[Tyyr]

The most Freaking Awesome weapons system of all time : The Ohio class ballistic missile submarine.

Ballistic missile submarines are some of the scariest things humanity ever thought up. It also represents some of the most trust any military gives to any commander. They hand 288 nuclear warheads, nearly 140 megatons of destructive force, to a single commander and tell him to go wait for the order to kill a few million people.

One thing that makes the Ohio even more awesome, it's a first strike weapon. It's not like Russian SSBN's, which can only target city sized things and even then only have about a 50/50 chance of hitting them. The Ohio and it's missiles was designed to be able to go after military targets with warheads accurate enough to pick off individual Russian/Chinese missile silos. The Ohio can go out, putter around the ocean and within minutes of getting a launch order pop off a missile from a random spot, have it travel 7,000 miles, then drop a dozen nuclear warheads within 200 feet of their target, warheads big enough mind you for that to pretty much be a bullseye. The mind boggles.

[Mikey]

I'm going to nominate the kukri. For a bladed weapon, it's stopping power:size ratio is incredible. The crook makes its center of gravity placed perfectly for devastating blows, but not so its impossible to use like a khopsh.

[Deepcrush]

Speaking of bladed weapons. The Katana should be here. The craftsmanship and power behind this weapon are remarkable.

[Tyyr]

[Nickswitz]

Yes, besides being an amazing weapon, the craftsmanship behind the weapon is almost more amazing...

[Reliant121]

I think it has always been that threefold quality of a Katana: the deadly nature, the sublime craftsmanship and the minimalistic beauty all in one.

[Deepcrush]

Oh the note of the Katana. Lets not forget its primary users. A warrior class matched throughout history only by the Spartans of Greece. The Samurai. A class who's sole point of being was to serve. In fact, that's what their very name means. "To serve with Honor".

From art, fashion, mathematics, poetry, carpentry and metal working to battle tactics, horseback riding, archery, sword fighting and polearms. They touched every piece of Japanese culture for more then 800 years. While even today remaining a solid point of reference and reverence for future generations to recall.

[Tyyr]

It's a nice sword, until your opponent wears armor.

[kostmayer]

I'd agree with the Katana as well.

I've just taken up Iajutsu. Apparently, it only takes about 40 years to master. I'm not planning on practising with anything but a wooden pointy stick.

[Deepcrush]

It's a nice sword, until your opponent wears armor.

The thing is that it wasn't meant for punching through armor. They had a heavy casted spear for that.